FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

The Mission of Vanguard Landing is to provide residential, pre-vocational, employment and recreational opportunities for adults who have among all of their special gifts, an intellectual disability. An application packet for admission to either program will be submitted and the process will begin to determine if the candidate is a good fit for the program.

The minimum age is 18 or when they have graduated from high school and there are no maximum age limits. The intention is that our residents will stay with us as long as they wish and as long as we can meet their needs.

Tuition covers everything including a private room, Semi-private bathroom, food, utilities, all on campus activities and programs, including pre-vocational programming, transportation. Residents must have their own insurance. Expenses Not included in tuition: medical co-pays, prescriptions, toiletries and clothing.

We are currently accepting Letters of Intent to have potential candidates placed on the Waiting List to receive An Admissions Packet when they are ready to be sent out. To receive a Letter of Intent Packet, a request is made via the website link or by filling out the Contact Us form asking for one. It had forms to be completed and returned with a small deposit and there is a List of Items that will be needed for the Full Admissions Packet.

Each case will be determined on an individual basis but an example would perhaps be that the accepted candidate is not ready at the time a room becomes available, then the person would go back on the waiting list and the next person on the list is offered the room.

Yes, we have several endowment funds planned…for maintenance and scholarships. We have one fund already established with funding started which is the Sue and Grover Dear Sr. Memorial Fund established for the Van Garden division.

The Gathering Point, which is the large Multi-purpose Building complex will be built as a Shelter-in-place with Concrete pour walls and generators so that our residents and staff can gather there if necessary to avoid having to travel to a nearby school shelter.

Our Founder & Executive Director researched for several years and identified many of these progressive, forward-thinking communities all across the United States. All of them are successful with waiting lists. We have a list of them available upon request, In addition, we have identified others that are developing such as Vanguard landing is.